[Patrick Wolf portraits by Travis Huggett]
- A reissue of Tracks & Traces, a stellar collaboration between Harmonia and Brian Eno, is due out later this year along with remixes from Appleblim, Shackleton and more.
- We’re not sure how we missed this the first time around, but Arcade Fire is apparently developing new songs and getting ready for a proper return to the stage.
- Nothing like a new Erol Alkan mix to start off the week!
- NPR helped celebrate Merge’s 20th anniversary here.
- A German brewery recently honored Mastodon with a limited run of lager.
- In case you were wondering about the new Cribs album…
- If it wasn’t for the spike in Michael Jackson sales, La Roux may have topped the UK charts this week.
- Florence & the Machine recently covered Beyoncé for Radio 1.
- R.E.M. will release a digital live EP tomorrow, a preview of this fall’s R.E.M. Live At the Olympia collection.
- And this week’s recommended Daytrotter session is…Patrick Wolf.
- Jack White’s Third Man imprint has launched a new subscription service/fanclub.
- Photos of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland sequel continue to trickle in.
- Throw Me the Statue’s full-length has been set for an August 4 release through Secretly Canadian.
- Sound the bells—Múm’s back!
- Any wagers as to what’ll make the final cut of VH-1’s “100 Concerts in 100 Days“?
- Here’s a solid Detroit techno guide by the A.V. Club.
- This “Criterion Collection of junk food” is pretty brilliant, too.
- Vivian Girls and The Fiery Furnaces both contributed to NY Mag’s summer playlist rundown.
- PopMatters put together a nice African music package, including a rundown of key recent releases and interviews with BLK JKS and Amadou & Mariam.
- Pitchfork just interviewed Dave of Dirty Projectors.
In case you haven’t seen ‘em yet, we thought we’d expand the Peep Show clip of the day to include all of Beck’s “Record Club” covers so far, including three Velvet Underground tracks…
